Scotty McCreery prepares for college, tours with Brad Paisley

Scotty McCreery may have graduated high school more than a month ago, but in a few weeks he’ll be pulling double duty again as a student and an in-demand country music star.

Right now McCreery is on tour with Brad Paisley playing the main stage during his Virtual Reality Tour. He told Taste of Country that Paisley is a “great guy” who “treats his opening acts well and treats the people who work for him well.”

"Brad will walk around and eat dinner with anybody," McCreery said. "Sometimes, he'll ask me to come eat dinner or lunch with him. He's just an all-around good guy. You can talk to him about anything."

The young singer explained that being around Paisley has shown him the kind of man he wants to be -- open and approachable.

“He's a good teacher for me,” McCreery said. “If I'm in school (on this tour), he's a great professor."

This fall McCreery resumes his role of student for real. He’s set to attend North Carolina State University but plans to pursue his music career with the same intensity that he’s had since winning American Idol in 2011.

"We're not going to take a full week's load of classes," the singer told The Boot. "Probably like a two-day schedule. That's the initial plan, but we'll see what works out. It will be a balance for sure. We'll figure it out."